How to help your child to achieve their goals during the COVID-19 pandemic Written by Emily Hayles - Physiotherapist and Owner, and author of 'Braver than you think: How to help your child with a disability live their best life' Well, hasn’t a lot changed in just one week! The rapid spread of the [...]
R is for ‘Recognising your child’s needs’ Welcome to our post covering the second part of the BRAVE model? To recap: The BRAVE model is a model I developed for parents to help them to understand their child’s needs, and how they can support their child to live their best life. I am writing [...]
B is for ‘Being Aware’ (and getting help early) A few weeks ago, I introduced to you the BRAVE model – a model I developed for parents to help them to understand their child’s needs, and how they can support their child to live their best life (you can find that blog post here). [...]
In case you are reading our blog for the first time, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Emily Hayles, and I am a physiotherapist and the founder of Move and Play Paediatric Therapy, a children’s therapy service based in Mackay, Queensland. We help children with developmental delays and disabilities learn to [...]
Written by Emily Hayles - Physiotherapist and Owner, and author of 'Braver than you think: How to help your child with a disability live their best life' When a child is not meeting their motor milestones like their peers, is slow in their development, or has been diagnosed with a disability – amongst other [...]
This week we are writing a number of posts to raise awareness of Early Childhood Intervention for children with developmental delays and disabilities. This post discusses the benefits of Early Childhood Intervention. So, what’s all the fuss about Early Childhood Intervention? Why is it important? And what are the benefits? Early Childhood Intervention has benefits [...]
It's Early Childhood Intervention Awareness week, and we are doing a series of posts to share information about Early Childhood Intervention. This is our second post in the series. In this post, we are talking about the two sides of your child receiving an early diagnosis. The grief of your child receiving a diagnosis... Many [...]
At Move and Play, we absolutely believe in the importance and benefits of early intervention to help children with developmental delays and disabilities to reach their potential. Early Childhood Intervention Awareness Week aims to promote the importance of early childhood intervention and support services. To help raise the awareness of Early Childhood Intervention this week, [...]
The development of early gross motor skills, such as sitting, crawling and walking, allows an infant or child with Down Syndrome (DS) to explore their environment and interact with people around them, which is pivotal to their overall development. However, due to the interplay between certain physical characteristics (such as low muscle tone and increased [...]